Drugs by Sick Jokes

Bandcamp Friday December 6, 2024: GIVE ME ALL THE DRUGS

After releasing their fourth record "Cult of Ignorance" earlier this year, Sick Jokes wanted to keep the bunsen burner hot with a reformulation of "DRUGS," 100% freshly chemically enhanced by a troupe of fantastic remixers. Not to be overdosed, the omnimedia artist DECOMPILER has freebased an absolutely insane video for the track, releasing over on YouTube this same day. Cheers to Decompiler and all our remixers. LET US HAVE YOUR DRUGS.

Mari Kattman
Mari Kattman is a fellow COP International artist who has had a prolific output under her own name as well as with the electronic collabs Assemblage 23 and Helix. Sick Jokes felt Mari’s Electro-hip-hop blend would be a great addition to the EP and she definitely delivered. Mari brought the beats and the darkness with her Cold Wave take on DRUGS.

Polite Bureaux
Relative newcomers Polite Bureaux were asked to contribute their mad skills after a chance meeting in a small French town. Their mashed-up take on DRUGS touches on the electro-beats of The Prodigy and their own chopped-up style of hip-hop and spoken word. Check out their debut LP, “Cunt Monday” for more electronic beats and social commentary.

Mike “Agent X” Clark
Where to start with Mike “Agent X” Clark. One of Detroit’s legendary techno/house DJs, Mike Clark helped to establish Detroit as the electronic dance music mecca. Founder of the Strictly Beatdown label and the Beatdown sound, “Agent X” has rocked the dance floors from the D to Japan, Paris, Berlin, and Glasgow. We are honored to have Mike “Agent X” Clark remix DRUGS for us. Keep an eye out for his Strictly Beatdown releases and for his live performances which are not to be missed.

Dolly Spectra
We had the good fortune of hearing about the talented Dolly Spectra from Plasmic, our go-to vocalist and honorary Sick Jokes member. Dolly is a unique musical artist and the founder of A/D/S/R/ events in the Los Angeles area. Dolly's energetic Hyper-pop take on DRUGS feels just like that: DRUGS! We all love and need them as much as we love and need Dolly Spectra.

Sick Jokes featuring SINE
SINE, aka Rona Rougeheart, is a talented musician, visual artist and performer based in the Austin, TX area. Rona is a force of nature and has been busy touring, DJ-ing and collaborating with such artists as Xiu Xiu, Leæther Strip, Clan of Xymox and fellow Texan Curse Mackey. SINE sang on this Prince cover for our “Age of Anxiety” EP, and we liked it so much we did a remix of our own. Cheating? We make the rules here.

EXT EST
EXT EST is Kirill Slavin’s electronic music project based in Detroit, merging industrial, techno and experimental sounds. Known for dystopian atmosphere and relentless sonic intensity, EXT EST explores the darker, more abstract side of electronic music, characterized by deep, distorted electro rhythms, and a raw, mechanical edge that evokes cyberpunk themes of dehumanization and corporate control.

Inflatable Robot
Chris Hollander, a long-time fixture in Austin’s electronic music scene, has channeled his passion for synth-driven soundscapes into Inflatable Robot, carving out a distinct sonic identity. Sick Jokes knew that Chris’s mashup of electronic styles and his ear for beautiful chaos would be a perfect fit for a DRUGS reimagining. Chris is known for his dynamic live shows, an electronic marriage of pulsing beats and hypnotic visuals.

Cedric Theys
Sick Jokes was honored to have touch guitarist, composer and producer Cedric Theys do a remix for us. His unique approach to composing music is something entirely different than what Sick Jokes does and we definitely love Cedric’s style and his distinctive sound. His somewhat-ambient take on DRUGS was just what we needed for this EP: a chill-out room for the ears. Coming down from a strange trip, Cedric mellows us out yet still keeps us all tweaking just enough.

The global electro-pop-metal collective SICK JOKES are DETROIT natives and veterans of the Nineties-Naughties scene there. Sean, Bobby and Michael now reside in AUSTIN, DETROIT and NORMANDY, respectively. Everything may be f**ked, but karma doesn’t care as long as you sheik yerbouti. The worst is yet to come. 𖤐𖤐𖤐